Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	105,198	6,360
B: Mining & quarrying	41,060	991
C: Manufacturing	56,019	8,693
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	17	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	12
F: Construction	20,193	58
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,213	1,646
H: Transport & storage	9,519	229
I: Accommodation & catering	3,057	1,271
J: Information & communication	13	0
K: Financial & insurance	98	3
L: Real estate activities.	309	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	845	3
N: Administrative & support	3,876	27
O: Public administration & defence	2,704	28
P: Education	968	714
Q: Human health & social work	814	268
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,835	1,117
T: Activities of households	11,212	58,963
U: Extraterritorial bodies	8	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	102,220	48,027
B: Mining & quarrying	54,514	4
C: Manufacturing	71,662	25,383
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	173	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	205	54
F: Construction	26,803	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,552	5,840
H: Transport & storage	19,965	1,082
I: Accommodation & catering	4,314	5,744
J: Information & communication	244	18
K: Financial & insurance	229	14
L: Real estate activities.	1,720	1,817
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,865	0
N: Administrative & support	1,658	55
O: Public administration & defence	4,738	96
P: Education	1,356	1,922
Q: Human health & social work	800	748
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,447	6,324
T: Activities of households	2,688	35,601
U: Extraterritorial bodies	28	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	80,608	7,950
B: Mining & quarrying	84,687	1,278
C: Manufacturing	84,787	29,507
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	415	22
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	177	35
F: Construction	32,469	161
G: Wholesale & retail trade	17,635	5,793
H: Transport & storage	28,862	362
I: Accommodation & catering	3,844	4,095
J: Information & communication	540	123
K: Financial & insurance	1,202	38
L: Real estate activities.	512	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,122	52
N: Administrative & support	4,881	143
O: Public administration & defence	6,458	368
P: Education	2,785	4,449
Q: Human health & social work	1,029	1,154
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,094	9,050
T: Activities of households	6,841	71,623
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	97,568	20,930
B: Mining & quarrying	252,382	119
C: Manufacturing	151,575	43,381
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,085	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	577	0
F: Construction	59,889	27
G: Wholesale & retail trade	53,784	21,397
H: Transport & storage	85,410	685
I: Accommodation & catering	7,928	15,355
J: Information & communication	1,299	1,039
K: Financial & insurance	7,763	107
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	4,534	165
N: Administrative & support	14,082	2,050
O: Public administration & defence	14,279	2,752
P: Education	6,059	12,328
Q: Human health & social work	2,892	4,773
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	12,277	18,920
T: Activities of households	11,105	73,524
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	85,646	8,663
B: Mining & quarrying	203,890	430
C: Manufacturing	121,570	23,419
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5,705	198
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,607	109
F: Construction	30,051	250
G: Wholesale & retail trade	79,108	35,320
H: Transport & storage	81,746	4,356
I: Accommodation & catering	9,041	16,546
J: Information & communication	395	118
K: Financial & insurance	9,653	1,401
L: Real estate activities.	1,639	326
M: Professional, scientific & technical	5,139	1,455
N: Administrative & support	7	26
O: Public administration & defence	32,567	2,208
P: Education	9,136	17,063
Q: Human health & social work	5,022	9,287
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	14,172	8,019
T: Activities of households	11,152	60,879
U: Extraterritorial bodies	49	8

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	75,947	10,391
B: Mining & quarrying	130,454	1,788
C: Manufacturing	212,564	63,345
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13,643	1,434
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,645	40
F: Construction	68,015	1,111
G: Wholesale & retail trade	74,733	50,977
H: Transport & storage	83,017	8,140
I: Accommodation & catering	11,168	27,269
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	10,354	3,318
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	5,453	2,757
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	65,228	10,971
P: Education	11,247	16,780
Q: Human health & social work	9,648	18,989
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	16,871	12,846
T: Activities of households	3,086	15,219
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	40,119	3,992
B: Mining & quarrying	49,764	1,216
C: Manufacturing	249,502	52,802
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	14,329	1,803
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2,897	192
F: Construction	87,715	2,517
G: Wholesale & retail trade	77,752	47,815
H: Transport & storage	56,473	7,037
I: Accommodation & catering	11,986	13,981
J: Information & communication	5,278	2,488
K: Financial & insurance	10,255	7,184
L: Real estate activities.	1,608	651
M: Professional, scientific & technical	8,146	4,122
N: Administrative & support	1,240	1,397
O: Public administration & defence	54,216	20,218
P: Education	21,149	27,876
Q: Human health & social work	13,720	24,524
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	9,902	9,630
T: Activities of households	870	3,475
U: Extraterritorial bodies	90	0

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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